"Unnecessary noise is the cruelest absence of care that can be inflicted on the sick or well."

"The world is an inn where we are all travelling, and only some of us are getting to our destination."

"I am much afraid of God, but I am not afraid of anything else."

"I am a woman of business, and I have a great deal of business to do."

"Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended, at all events, to take in the whole sick population."